“Grift Force One”
by David Pepper
https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/grift-force-one
"the White House is supposed to be beyond reproach or suspicion so its occupant can do the work of the people.
It’s not supposed to be what this White House has now clearly become: the center of an international criminal enterprise, that, just over 100 days in, is already fully steeped in corruption, bribery and grift."
- @jaykuo
#GriftersGonnaGrift in #Trumpistan. There is no #grift too high for #MUMP. @georgetakei
Wow, the Qatari bribe plane was too obvious for even Trump Bride Laura Loomer I hear!
@MalcolmNance I think we’re at #Defcoin1 now.
#trump #crypto #grift.
@dangillmor
If anyone is listening — or cares:
"The event, scheduled for May 22 at Trump’s Virginia golf club, likely violates federal ethics laws that explicitly prohibit presidents from exchanging access and influence for money."
#grift #corruption
First of all, I agree completely that it's a brazen conflict of interest. Obviously, this is what mobsters and Nazis do.
On the other hand, Warren is completely innocent, bordering extreme naivete if she thinks that foreign interests never dominated the entire US political system on the right, the left, above, below, to the sides, and through Citizens United.
Trump is only formalising digital receipts.
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/6/molly_white_crypto_trump_memecoin_ethics
FIFA + Trump + Giuliani?
This is a matryoshka doll of corruption and grift
Trump taps Andrew Giuliani to lead WC task force https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45029383/trump-names-rudy-giuliani-son-2026-world-cup-task-force-leader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQSwNUGFAcA&pp=0gcJCYUJAYcqIYzv
Trump's Newest #Grift: #MollyWhite on First Family's #Crypto bullshit
#Trump set to raise millions from crypto and memecoin this month [ from deep-pocketed political donors] #Trump #Grift
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/05/trump-crypto-memecoin.html?__source=androidappshare
If anybody reading this has connections to the leaders of the #TraderJoesUnited #union, please let them know that they lost a supporter today by sending me three emails in a row asking me to give them money.
I want to know what your theory of change is. I want to know how you are going to use my financial support to achieve your union's goals and support your members. I don't want to feel like your organization is just another #grift.
nope nope nope
#TraderJoes
"Cryptocurrency miners in Texas pay less for electricity than residents on average, according to an Earthjustice report. In 2023, residential ratepayers paid 22.25 cents per kilowatt-hour for their electricity, while specific crypto mining operations paid just 2.5 per kWh, the group estimates. Bitcoin mining raises the cost of electricity for non-miners in Texas by $1.8bn per year, roughly 4.7%, per consulting firm Wood Mackenzie."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/04/cryptocurrency-mining-facilities-noise-trump
#Crypto #FakeMoney #Trump #Grift
To the degree possible, #socialmedia should be free from #manipulation by individuals (#scams, #grift), #corporations (#monetization, #profit), computers (#algorithms, "#AI", or governments.
@MalcolmNance Since Ron Johnson is a mob-style #BananaRepublican I assume he only talks with “manufacturers in Wisconsin” who complied with his #grift and donated bigly to his campaign. So this is a classic case of #FAFO. They voted FOR #tariffs - aka the #TrumpTax - and all the rest of #AmericanCarnage2.0.
Save your reduced consumer spending for businesses that did not support the predictably catastrophic #Project2025.